Women's Champions League: Real Madrid vs Chelsea facts

First place in UEFA Women's Champions League Group B is on the line as Real Madrid welcome Chelsea on Matchday 6.

Both teams are already through to the quarter-finals. Madrid were 3-0 winners at Celtic on Matchday 5, while Chelsea made it five wins from five with a 6-1 home success against Twente on 11 December.

Chelsea, 3-2 winners at home to their Spanish opponents on Matchday 1, need a draw in Madrid to finish top of the group, while the hosts would finish above them should they win.

Previous meetings

2024/25 Women's Champions League group stage
Chelsea 3-2 Real Madrid
Goals in the first half-hour from Sjoeke Nüsken (2) and Guro Reiten (27pen) put Chelsea in charge before Alba Redondo (39) halved Madrid's deficit before the break. Chelsea re-established the two-goal cushion early in the second half through Mayra Ramírez (53), meaning Linda Caicedo's 84th-minute goal was not enough.

2023/24 Women's Champions League group stage
Real Madrid 2-2 Chelsea
Chelsea 2-1 Real Madrid
The two teams also met on Matchday 1 last season. An Olga Carmona double for Madrid either side of headers from Niamh Charles and Sam Kee ensured a draw in Spain on 15 November 2023.

Chelsea claimed the three points at Stamford Bridge on Matchday 5. All three goals came in the second half, a Mylène Chavas own goal ultimately separating the teams.

2022/23 Women's Champions League group stage
Chelsea 2-0 Real Madrid
Real Madrid 1-1 Chelsea
Chelsea were victorious in the first-ever meeting between the two sides on 23 November 2022 thanks to second-half goals from Sophie Ingle and Erin Cuthbert at Kingsmeadow.

The reverse fixture in Madrid two weeks later ended all square, Caroline Weir putting the hosts in front in the first half before an own goal from goalkeeper Misa Rodríguez levelled the break.

Form guide

Real Madrid

Record vs English clubs W2 D3 L3 F9 A11
Home record vs English clubs W1 D3 L0

Aside from their five games against Chelsea over the last three seasons, Real Madrid have faced English teams on three other occasions – all against Manchester City (W2 D1).

The Spanish side have never lost at home to English visitors (W1 D3).

After their Matchday 1 loss at Chelsea, Madrid have scored 17 goals in winning their last four Group B games, the 7-0 success at home to Twente on Matchday 3 their biggest-ever European win.

Signe Bruun – who struck twice on Matchday 5 – is Madrid's top scorer in the group stage with five goals.

Madrid are in the group stage for the fourth consecutive season.

They have advanced from their group only once before, on their competition debut in 2021/22 when they finished second in a section featuring Paris Saint-Germain, Kharkiv and Breidablik. They lost to fellow Spanish side Barcelona 3-8 on aggregate in the quarter-finals (1-3 h, 2-5 a).

Las Blancas qualified for this season's group stage by defeating Sporting CP over two legs in round 2. Melanie Leupolz scored in added time in Portugal to secure a 2-1 first-leg away win on 19 September, before Sandie Toletti struck twice in a 3-1 victory in Madrid a week later.

Their record at home in all competitions this season is W6 D1 L1.

Madrid were second in the Spanish Liga in 2023/24, 15 points behind Barcelona. It was the third time in four seasons they had finished as runners-up.

Chelsea

Record vs Spanish clubs W5 D4 L3 F15 A15
Away record vs Spanish clubs W1 D3 L0

Chelsea's sole Women's Champions League final appearance, in 2021, ended in defeat against Spanish opposition, a 0-4 loss to Barcelona in Gothenburg.

The same side eliminated Chelsea at the semi-final stage in the last two editions of the Women's Champions League, 1-2 on aggregate on both occasions.

Chelsea have won three of their last four fixtures against teams from Spain having been without a victory in the previous four. They have never lost in Spain.

The Blues have scored 17 goals in their five Group B wins this season, with six different scorers on target against Twente last time out.

Five different players have found the net twice for Chelsea in the group stage: Reiten, Nüsken, Ramírez, Maika Hamano and Eve Perisset.

Chelsea have reached the last four or better in five of the previous seven seasons.

Last season the Blues claimed the Women's Super League title for the fifth season in succession and seventh overall. They won the title on goal difference after finishing level on points with Manchester City.

Key facts

Madrid are aiming to win five successive Women's Champions League matches for the second time after 2022/23.

Las Blancas have kept three clean sheets in their last four European games.

Madrid have lost only two of their last 13 home Women's Champions League matches at home (W8 D3).

The Spanish side's 19 goals this season is their highest total in a Women's Champions League group – their previous best was 12 in 2021/22.

Chelsea are aiming to win six successive Women's Champions League matches for the first time. They have equalled their best sequence of five consecutive wins, set in 2018/19.

The Blues are unbeaten in 17 group games (W14 D3), winning the last eight.

Chelsea have lost only one of their last 16 European fixtures (W11 D4).